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Alpine skiing-Deville delights in first slalom win

Yahoo! Eurosport UK - Jan 22, 2012
Italy's Cristian Deville took advantage of a war of nerves between the World Cup favourites to snatch his first slalom win in Kitzbuehel on Sunday. The 31-year-old skied two solid runs on the Ganslern course to win in a combined time of one minute and ...

Alpine skiing-Kirchgasser seizes her chance

Yahoo! Eurosport UK - Jan 22, 2012
Michaela Kirchgasser made the most of an error by Austrian team leader Marlies Schild to win her first World Cup slalom in Kranjska Gora on Sunday. Already winner of a giant slalom in Sierra Nevada five years ago, the 26-year-old Austrian won both runs ...

Alpine skiing-Kitzbuehel men's downhill result

Yahoo! Eurosport UK - Jan 21, 2012
Result of a men's World Cup downhill race in Kitzbuehel, Austria on Saturday 1. Didier Cuche (Switzerland) 1 min 13.28 secs 2. Romed Baumann (Austria) 1:13.52 3. Klaus Kroell (Austria) 1:13.58 4. Joachim Puchner (Austria) 1:13.64 5.

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Alpine Skiing books

Chalky White's, The 7 Secrets of Skiing

by: Chalky White
A Sure-Fire Route into the World of Advanced/Expert Skiing – Simply Explained by Internationally Certified, Ski Instructor, Chalky White, I.S.I.A., N.Z.S.I.A., C.S.C.S.

A skiing client's description of the Author was, “Chalky White is one of the world's best ski instructors.” Countless similar plaudits and persistent encouragement by his clients, over a considerable period, finally persuaded Chalky that he, must, write his now highly acclaimed book, Chalky White's, The 7 Secrets of Skiing! The secrets – are they really? Not in the true sense of the word.
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Ultimate Skiing

by: Ron LeMaster

Break through to the next level of ski performance! Renowned instructor, coach, and ski technique expert Ron LeMaster takes you beyond The Skier's Edge by improving, expanding, and enhancing that seminal work. The result, Ultimate Skiing, will help you master the mechanics of great skiing as never before—explaining how it's done, showing how it looks, and describing how it feels.

LeMaster has made Ultimate Skiing a comprehensive manual on ski technique.
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All-Mountain Skier : The Way to Expert Skiing

by: R. Elling

"Covers more information than a week's worth of private lessons."­­Ski magazine

The All-Mountain Skier helps skiers advance their skills with a foolproof, self-instructional program for mastering advanced techniques in even the most challenging conditions. Drawing from his extensive experience as a ski professional, instructor Mark Elling delivers essential advice and information­­including tips from other expert skiers­­to help readers perform like pros.
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Allen & Mike's Really Cool Telemark Tips, Revised and Even Better!: 123 Amazing Tips to Improve Your Tele-Skiing

by: Allen O'Bannon
123 tips for beginners and experts looking to improve their telemark skiing. Filled with funny & practical illustrations.

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Alpine Skiing

Clips of ski racing big moutain and free style skiing.

 

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"Alpine Skiing" - Pansy Division

Pansy Division plays "Alpine Skiing" at the Houston Pride Festival 2005

 

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FIS Alpine Skiing 11/12 - Beaver Creek DH - Bode Miller

Fantastic run for Bode with an upper part enormous, less impressive at the bottom but still a new victory (his fourth here) in DH Source Eurosport

 

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SQUAW VALLEY 1960 (Alpine Skiing)

VIII OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES FINAL REPORT page 93f After Squaw Valley was awarded the VIII Olympic Winter Games, the Organizing Committee hired an outstanding staff to assure proper staging of the Alpine Events. In June, 1958, Willy J. Schaeffler, ski coach from Denver University, was hired as director of ski events and technical advisor for Alpine events. In November, 1958, Nelson A. Bennett, manager of the US Olympic team in 1956 and head of the Sun Valley, Idaho ski patrol, was named assistant director of ski events and assistant chief of course for Alpine events. In February, 1959, Chelton Leonard, ski coach at the University of Nevada, was hired as technical assistant for Alpine events. The Ski Events Advisory Committee, Andrieus A. Jones chairman, was formed as early as 1956. Friedl Wolfgang, FIS technical delegate for Alpine events, attended the 1959 Trial Events at Squaw Valley, and, after making certain recommendations to the Organizing Committee, assured the FIS that the Squaw Valley facilities and courses would be staged in accordance with FIS rules and specifications. Briefly, the preparation of the Alpine race courses went in the following chronological order: (1) the original outlaying of the trails took place in the summer of 1956, and the first testing of snow fences on Squaw Peak took place in the winter of 1956. (2) the felling of trees and widening of trails, plus use of rock drilling equipment and high explosives took place in 1957. (3) the widening ...

 

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2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships - Giant Slalom -YouTube

Interviews with athletes competing in the Giant Slalom race including Gemma Pedrini (ITA), Anna Turney (GBR), Miroslav Sperk (CZE), Mitchell Gourley (AUS), Mariya Papulova (RUS), Henrieta Farkasova with guide Natalia Subrtova (SVK) and Gerd Schoenfelder (GER).